Antique American Hand-Embroidered Three Dimensional Paintings, Circa 1820

Antique Dutch framed harbor scene painting, Goache watercolor on card, circa 1860-1870.

Antique Dutch Framed Oil on Canvas Painting, Pastoral Scene, Circa 1870-1880.

Antique English framed oil painting on wood panel of "dogs in front the family hearth," Circa 1920's. A lovely old painting in Birdseye Maple f...

Antique French Oil on Panel Painting of a Woman signed "P.M. Bertran" Circa 1900's. Wonderful painting by this unknown artist with vivid colors and beautiful composition.

Estate Pair of Framed Bird Paintings on Porcelain, Circa 1930's-1940's.

Antique Italian Framed Watercolor Painting Signed by Mario Spinetti, (1848-1925)

Antique Framed 3-dimensional hand-painted porcelain cityscape is signed by M. Renot, and is a remarkable expression of art! First, a porcelain was cast with full relief outlining the...

Robert E. Matheny Glitter on canvass. Early work 1969, original Lucite shadow box frame. Visual artist starting in circa 1960, two years after graduating from Long Beach state College with an art education Masters Degree, Contemporary of John Baldessari, San Diego Art...

Beautiful antique Suzani textile embroidery made by nomadic Turkmen tribe as a sampler for probably of larger Suzani design, or just for decorative use, show the mastery of the art o...

Stunning diorama by American artist Lloyd Brown. “View of Area Above San Rafael Reef, Utah” 1999. Signed and dated with gallery tags. I Lloyd Brown has been fascinated with the viewer’s experience of panorama, particularly as it seems to negate the role of the artist, throughout his career. Tradition has it that the artist, whether painter or photographer etc is singularly responsible for framing a scene. Mr. Brown takes this task off the plate of the artist and thusly provides the viewer with not only more visual information but also the agency to see and understand what they might see and understand within the composition with their own eyes. For example, Imagine if this composition did not include the information to your far right. The work would have been framed as a vista, a landscape painting, a scene of the horizon, the great American West. But by expanding (or in essence, breaking open) the frame, the viewer also sees the world of the artist, or the visual context as part of the vision. He or she stands on the same stained concrete as the artist , is able to see though their eyes but at the same time retain their autonomy by looking away from the vista. He or she does not have to see through the artists eyes and therefore understands the moment, experiences the moment, unencumbered by the task of looking. Viewer and artist are equal. So one might ask, Is the scene about the grand vista? Is it a scene of the great American West as we expect it to be? Or is it a scene that although grand serves to accentuate the viewer’s sense of alienation or even isolation and smallness in the moment, during the experience of the painting and ultimately throughout life’s path? The coupling of the mountains, garbage bins...

American three masted clipper ship diorama under glass in shadow box gilt frame. Mid-19th century.

A vibrant 1969 lithograph by Ken Kusaka. Signed numbered and dated lower margin. In a period shadow box. Frame has some age wear and paint loss. Litho is in good condition.